The Summary of The Life of Pi Novel

Chapter II The Summary of The Life of Pi Novel

The story begins when Pi was a young student He has a unique name then at one time his teacher called “Pissing”, his classmate feels Pi’s name “Pissing” is a weird name, he gets the name because he always pees in everywhere. When he was a junior high school student, he walked in front of his classmates to tell who he was and said everything about his name His family gets a crisis, his economy condition is not good then his father has to sell their animals to foreign country named Canada, they must do that to fulfill their needs. Pi rejects his father’s order because he wants to stay in India for long time, he thinks that India is his hometown so he will stay and spend his life there.Eventually, his family moves to Canada and the climax begins there. Pi gets a ship accident, a huge storm crushes his ship in the middle ocean and his ship loses control and gets down. Pi feels little bit shock when he sees a huge storm come over him and finally the storm is really a big problem for him when a thousand liter of water crush his ship then it gets totally shattered. Pi tries to help himself. Fortunately, there is a boat becomes his savior. The boat helps him from the huge wavy water. The accident is so weird when a boat is lodged by a tiger, an orangutan , a heyna, a zebra and a mouse. Richard allows Pi’s order then Pi conquer a tigernamed Richard Parker, he wants Richard to be his friend and tries to get through together in the blue ocean. Pi eats everything that can be eaten. There are some biscuits, fresh meats and fish, all of foods are necessary to him. On the other side, Pi must give some feeds to Richard then he gets an idea by finishing some ocean fish. They get some foods from fish’s meats, Pi keeps trying to make Richard in a good condition. In the middle voyage, Richard and Pi find an island which is settled by “Markaeet” Markaeet are a mammal, they have a couple of wide ears and bright eyes. Pi thinks the island is safe for him until he finds the death of ocean fish. Pi just feels curious about why the mammals in a hole are death and he never stops thinking about that. Tomorrow, Pi has decided to go away from the island and Richard follows him to get in the boat. A huge storm comes again to them and finally his boat gets shattered. He does not realize that he is pulled by wavy water, he is dragged in the near of costal area. Pi wakes up and finds himself in the inhabitant area. A couple of eyes are so faint when he sees his friend named Richard and the tiger suddenly goes away to the jungle. The accident makes Pi is so sad, he is only wondering why his friend lefts him and does not say goodbye at all. From the beginning to the ending in this novel, I find some missing parts in this story, the missing parts are about who are those animals? and are they animals or not? I believe it is about the representation of those animals in the boat. A tiger is represented by Pi, an orangutan is represented by Pi’s mother, a hayna is represented by a chef and Pi is represented by God. Furthermore, Yann Martel tries to write and establish two books: a collection of short stories titled The Facts Behindthe Helsinki Roccamatios in 1993 and a novel about gender confusion called Self in 1996. Two books sold just significantly well, further frustrating the writer. In order to collect his thoughts and refresh his creativity, he went to India,he spent his time in bustling Bombay. Nevertheless, the busy and crowded city only furthered Martels feelings of seclusion and dissolution. He then decided to move on to Matheran, a section nearby Bombay but without that citys overcrowded population. In this beautiful hill station overlooking the city, Martel came revisiting an idea he had not determined in some time, the premise he had unwittingly created when reading Updikes review in the New York Times Review of Books. He created the thought and the idea even further away from Max and the Cats. While Scliars novel was an expanded his fear, Martel spread out his story as a sophisticated, heroic, and secretive meditation on zoology and theology. Pi Patel wouldbe the son of a zookeeper. During an ocean trip from India to Canada, the ship sinks and Pi finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with such unlikely shipmates as a zebra, a hyena, and a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker then Richard became his friend in the boat. The resulting novel, Life of Pi, became the best seller novel for which Martel had been lengthening. Selling well over a million copies and receiving the accolades of Book Magazine, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and, yes, the New York Times Review of Books, Life of Pi has been established in over 40 countries and territories, in over 30 languages.

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